Garment-supporter and waist-adjuster.



No. 705,690. A Patented July 29, I902.

A. L. MATLACK.

GARMENT SUPPORTER AND WAIST ADJUSTER.

(Application filed Oct. 26, 1901.)

(No Model.)

AMUUCQ LZ O I ZZW ATTOR N EYJ,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

ANNIE LOUISE MATLAOK, OF CHESTNUT HILL, PENNSYLVANIA.

GARMENT-SUPPORTER AND WAIST-ADJUSTER.

SJPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 705,690, dated July29, 1902.

Application filed October 26. 1901. Serial No. 80,115. (No modeL) T0ctZZ whom. it may concern:

Be it known that LANNIE LOUISE MATLAOK, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of ChestnutHill, county of Philadelphia, and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inGarment- Supporters and Waist-Adjusters, of which the following is aspecification, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, forminga part thereof, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts.

The subject of the present invention is an improved garmentsupporter andWaist-ad juster for ladies use, it being designed imre particularly forproperly retaining .thesetbfi a corset cover or waist and at the sametime efliciently supporting a skirt.

With the above objects in view the invent-ion comprises an inner tapeadapted to be passed around the wearers waist immediately external tothe corset and suitably secured by a tongue and buckle, this tape beingprovided at its rear with a slide having outer horizontal studs, withwhich the lower rear portion of the corset-cover 0r shirt-waist isintended to be held in engagement bya somewhat similar-shaped platecarried by a second and outer tape, also having a tongue and buckle,openings in said last-mentioned plate serving to pinch the material ofthe cover or waist over and on the studs of the slide at the inner side,in which condition it is positively secured by metal loops havingcontracted openings, the larger portions of which are adapted to bepassed over the heads with the pinched material, after which the loopscan be moved downward to cause the studshanks to enter the narrowportions of their slotsand result in said loops .being engaged at therear of the stud-heads. The lower portions of these loops carryhorizontally-disposed safety-pins, by which the rear portion of theWaistband of the skirt is engaged to efficiently support the skirt. atthis point, a smaller slide carried by the outer tape hav-' ing at itsinner side an upwardly-extending pin for engaging the corset, and soretain said slide that the front portion of the skirt-waistband willtake under. a downwardly-turned hook on said front slide and be heldagainst undue rising. r

l l While I have in the foregoing general statement of inventiondescribed the invention as comprising certain features, it will beunderstood, as will more fully appear, that some of "the parts maybemodified or changed and kled. Fig. 2 is aview showing on an enlargedscale the exterior of the studded slide of the inner tape. Fig. 3 is asimilar view of the rear plate of the outer tape, and Fig. 4 a detachedview of the smaller slide at the front.

At the outset it will be comprehended that the inner tape A and outertape 13, while of thin, are at the same time of strong and durable,material, the other parts completing the device being generally of suchlight weight and so disposed as to render the device when in use ascomfortable as possible. These two tapes are of such lengths as to adaptthem to be passed around the waist of the wearer eX- terior to thecorset and each be adjustably secured by a tongue-and-buckle connectiona andb, respectively. For comfort, as well as other important reasons tobe explained,

slide, sojthat the latter maybe shifted thereon to occupy the properpoint at the waist to wit, the rear. This slide ha exteriorly aplurality of horizontally-projecting studs 0',

provided with heads 0.

D refers to a horizontally=curved plate of thin metal, through theendslots (1 of which are passed and secured the looped extremt ties b ofthe two sections forming the outer tape, thereby positively attachingsaid plate to the outer tape. This plate has circular openings D of suchliberal diameter as to permit the free passage of the studs C when theplate is externally applied against the slide. With the plate and slidethus positioned the heads and a considerable part of the shanks of thestuds will project beyond the outer face of the plate. Thin metal loopsE are intended to engage and be suspended by the projecting portions ofthe studs, the slots presented by said loops each comprising a lowerlarge portion a and upper contracted part e, so that the former can bepassed over the stud-head,while the loops can then move downward, sothat the stud-shank will lie in the slot of the narrower portion of theloop and the latter be securely engaged behind the stud-head. Carried bythe lower parts of the loops E are horizontally-disposed safety-pins E.

On the tape B at the front thereof is a smaller slide F, having at itsinner side an upwardly-extending pin f, while the upper portion of theslide atits frontis formed into a downwardly turned hook f.

In use the inner tape A is secured around the wearers waist exterior tothe corset and the material of the corset-cover, the underwaist, or thedress-waist, as the case may be,

at the lower rear portion thereof drawn down exterior to the studs 0.Now by applying the plate D against the slide 0 the studs will becrowded through the openings D, thus pinching the material on the studs.With the parts in this position the pin fof the slide F at the front iscaused by an upward movement to engagethe material of the corset,thereby holding said slide, with its'tape, in'a suitably-depressedposition. The loops E are next caused to engage the material-coveredprojecting portions of the studs and by reason of their contracted slotsare not only themselves securely engaged, but also serve to morepositively clamp the material on the studs and the slide 0 and plate Dtogether. The skirt is then adjusted so that the upper edge ofits'waistband takes under the hook f at the front and is therebyprevented from rising thereat, while its rear portion is secured by thesafety-pins E in an even and neat manner. By the employment of an outerjacket or belt the connection of the skirt-waistband with the otherparts can be satisfactorily concealed.

The location of the front slide F and the buckle connections severallyat different points of the waist, as described, avoids such discomfortas would be experienced were these parts, or even any two of them, tolie one over the other. Moreover, such arrangement secures a moreregular and even appearance for the waist at the front.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a device of the class described, the combination of a supportingprovision carrying studs at the waist rear and a perforated plateadapted to fit over said studs.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination with a supportingprovision carrying at the waist rear headed studs, of a perforated plateadapted to fit over said studs whereby the headed portions of the latterwill project through the perforations in the plate.

3. In a device of the class described, the combination with a supportingprovision carrying at the waist rear headed studs, of a perforated plateadapted for the passage of the studs, and loops for engaging said studsand provided with skirt-engaging means.

4. In a device of the class described, the combination with a supportingprovision carrying at the waist. rear headed studs, of a perforatedplate adapted for the passage of the studs, skirt-engaging provision,and means F at the waist front having a hook beneath which theskirt-waistband engages.

5. In a device of the class described, the combination with a supportingprovision carrying at the waist rear headed studs, of a perforated plateadapted for the passage of the studs, depending loops engaging saidstuds and having safety-pins for engaging the skirt.

6. In a device of the class described, the combination with an innerwaist-tape having a buckle connection, and carrying at its rear headedstuds, of an outer waist-tape having a buckle connection and providedwith a rear perforated plate adapted for the passage of the studs.

7. In a device of the class described, the combination with an innerwaist-tape having a buckle connection and carrying at its rear headedstuds, of an outer waist-tape having a buckle connection and providedwith a rear perforated plate adapted for the passage of the studs, andskirt-engaging provision depending from said studs.

8. In a device of the class described, the combination with an innerwaist-tape having a buckle connection and a rear metal slide providedwith headed studs,of an inner Waisttape having a buckle connection and aperforated plate through which the studs are adapted to project.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname, in presence of two Witnesses, this 22d day of October, A. D. 1901.

ANNIE LOUISE MATLACK.

Witnesses:

JAMES F. COURTNEY, SARA 0. SMITH.

